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1. |  Securing the Virtual Environment: How to Defend the Enterprise Against Attack, Included DVD By: Davi Ottenheimer; Matthew Wallace Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 08-MAY-2012 Insert Date: 14-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Securing the Virtual Environment: How to Defend the Enterprise Against Attack, Included DVD
A step-by-step guide to identifying and defending against attacks on the virtual environment
As more and more data is moved into virtual environments the need to secure them becomes increasingly important. Useful for service providers as well as enterprise and small business IT professionals the book offers a broad look across virtualization used in various industries as well as a narrow view of vulnerabilities unique to virtual environments. A companion DVD is included with recipes and testing scripts.
Examines the difference in a virtual model versus traditional computing models...
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2. |  By: XYPRO Technology Corp Publisher: Digital Press Publication Date: 17-OCT-2003 Insert Date: 08-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: HP NonStop Server Security
Since the last publication of the Ernst and Young book on Tandem security in the early 90's, there has been no such book on the subject. We've taken on the task of supplying a new Handbook whose content provides current, generic information about securing HP NonStop servers. Emphasis is placed on explaining security risks and best practices relevant to NonStop environments, and how to deploy native security tools (Guardian and Safeguard). All third party vendors who supply security solutions relevant to NonStop servers are listed, along with contact information for each vendor. The...
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3. |  By: Susan Loepp; William K. Wootters Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 10-JUL-2006 Insert Date: 07-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Protecting Information
For many everyday transmissions, it is essential to protect digital information from noise or eavesdropping. This undergraduate introduction to error correction and cryptography is unique in devoting several chapters to quantum cryptography and quantum computing, thus providing a context in which ideas from mathematics and physics meet. By covering such topics as Shor's quantum factoring algorithm, this text informs the reader about current thinking in quantum information theory and encourages an appreciation of the connections between mathematics and science.Of particular interest are the...
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4. |  Computer Security and Cryptography By: Alan G. Konheim Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 29-JAN-2007 Insert Date: 06-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Computer Security and Cryptography
Gain the skills and knowledge needed to create effective data security systems
This book updates readers with all the tools, techniques, and concepts needed to understand and implement data security systems. It presents a wide range of topics for a thorough understanding of the factors that affect the efficiency of secrecy, authentication, and digital signature schema. Most importantly, readers gain hands-on experience in cryptanalysis and learn how to create effective cryptographic systems.
The author contributed to the design and analysis of the Data Encryption Standard (DES), a...
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5. |  Expert Oracle Application Express Security By: Scott Spendolini Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 24-APR-2013 Insert Date: 30-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Expert Oracle Application Express Security
Expert Oracle Application Express Security covers all facets of security related to Oracle Application Express (APEX) development. From basic settings that can enhance security, to preventing SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting attacks, Expert Oracle Application Express Security shows how to secure your APEX applictions and defend them from intrusion.
Security is a process, not an event. Expert Oracle Application Express Security is written with that theme in mind. Scott Spendolini, one of the original creators of the product, offers not only examples of security best practices, but...
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6. | Rough Cuts  Cisco ISE for BYOD and Secure Unified Access By: Jamey Heary; Aaron Woland Publisher: Cisco Press Publication Date: 17-JUN-2013 Insert Date: 12-APR-2013 | Overview: Cisco ISE for BYOD and Secure Unified Access This is the Rough Cut version of the printed book.
Plan and deploy identity-based secure access
for BYOD and borderless networks
Using Cisco Secure Unified Access
Architecture and Cisco Identity Services Engine, you can secure and
regain control of borderless networks in a Bring Your Own Device
(BYOD) world. This book covers the complete lifecycle of protecting
a modern borderless network using these advanced solutions, from
planning an architecture through deployment, management, and
troubleshooting.
Cisco ISE for BYOD and Secure Unified Access
begins by reviewing the business case for...
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7. |  Pro ASP.NET Web API Security: Securing ASP.NET Web API By: Badrinarayanan Lakshmiraghavan Publisher: Apress Publication Date: 27-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Pro ASP.NET Web API Security: Securing ASP.NET Web API
ASP.NET Web API is a key part of ASP.NET MVC 4 and the platform of choice for building RESTful services that can be accessed by a wide range of devices. Everything from JavaScript libraries to RIA plugins, RFID readers to smart phones can consume your services using platform-agnostic HTTP.
With such wide accessibility, securingyour code effectively needs to be a top priority. You will quickly find that the WCF security protocols you're familiar with from .NET (WS-* and similar)are less suitable than they once were in this new environment; proving themselves cumbersome and limited in...
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8. |  Secure Coding in C and C++, Second Edition By: Robert C. Seacord Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 02-APR-2013 Insert Date: 01-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Secure Coding in C and C++, Second Edition Learn the Root Causes of Software Vulnerabilities and How to
Avoid Them
Commonly exploited software vulnerabilities
are usually caused by avoidable software defects. Having analyzed
tens of thousands of vulnerability reports since 1988, CERT has
determined that a relatively small number of root causes account
for most of the vulnerabilities.
Secure Coding in C and C++, Second
Edition, identifies and explains these root causes and
shows the steps that can be taken to prevent exploitation.
Moreover, this book encourages programmers to adopt security best
practices and to develop a security...
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9. |  By: Brian Anderson; Barbara Anderson Publisher: Syngress Publication Date: 03-JUN-2010 Insert Date: 28-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Seven Deadliest USB Attacks
Do you need to keep up with the latest hacks, attacks, and exploits effecting USB technology? Then you need Seven Deadliest USB Attacks. This book pinpoints the most dangerous hacks and exploits specific to USB, laying out the anatomy of these attacks including how to make your system more secure. You will discover the best ways to defend against these vicious hacks with step-by-step instruction and learn techniques to make your computer and network impenetrable. Attacks detailed in this book include: USB Hacksaw USB Switchblade USB Based Virus/Malicous Code Launch USB Device...
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10. |  Applied Cyber Security and the Smart Grid By: Eric D. Knapp; Raj Samani Publisher: Syngress Publication Date: 26-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 21-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Applied Cyber Security and the Smart Grid
Many people think of the Smart Grid as a power distribution group built on advanced smart metering-but that’s just one aspect of a much larger and more complex system. The "Smart Grid" requires new technologies throughout energy generation, transmission and distribution, and even the homes and businesses being served by the grid. This also represents new information paths between these new systems and services, all of which represents risk, requiring a more thorough approach to where and how cyber security controls are implemented. This insight provides a detailed architecture of the...
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11. |  Advanced Security and Privacy for RFID Technologies By: Ali Miri Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 19-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Advanced Security and Privacy for RFID Technologies While there are many positive aspects in which RFID devices are useful, there have also been increased concerns over the privacy and security of personal information. Advanced Security and Privacy for RFID Technologies addresses these concerns with its comprehensive coverage on current issues with security models and everyday threats and vulnerabilities. This informative publication not only addresses the security risks involved with RFID technologies, but also gives insight on some possible solutions and preventions. Researchers, professionals, and practitioners aiming to better understand...
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12. |  Enterprise Security: A Data-Centric Approach to Securing the Enterprise By: Aaron Woody; Publisher: Packt Publishing Publication Date: 22-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Enterprise Security: A Data-Centric Approach to Securing the Enterprise
A guide to applying data-centric security concepts for securing enterprise data to enable an agile enterprise
Learn sample forms and process flows for quick and easy use
An easy-to-follow reference for implementing information security in the enterprise
Learn enterprise information security challenges and roadmap to success
In Detail
Enterprise security redefined using a data-centric approach and trust models to transform information security into a business enablement process. It is a unique and forward thinking approach for deciding the best method to secure data in...
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13. |  How to Cheat at Securing Your Network By: Ido Dubrawsky Publisher: Syngress Publication Date: 02-OCT-2007 Insert Date: 22-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Cheat at Securing Your Network
Most System Administrators are not security specialists. Keeping the network secure is one of many responsibilities, and it is usually not a priority until disaster strikes. How to Cheat at Securing Your Network is the perfect book for this audience. The book takes the huge amount of information available on network security and distils it into concise recommendations and instructions, using real-world, step-by-step instruction. The latest addition to the bestselling "How to Cheat..." series of IT handbooks, this book clearly identifies the primary vulnerabilities of most computer...
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Instant Citrix Security How-to By:Â Carmel Jacob; Publisher:Â Packt Publishing Publication Date:Â 20-FEB-2013 Insert Date:Â 22-FEB-2013 Slots:Â 1.0 | Overview: Instant Citrix Security How-to
A guide to bulletproofing your enterprise environment with the excellent security features in Citrix
Learn something new in an Instant! A short, fast, focused guide delivering immediate
results.
Simple and detailed security implementations for your existing or brand new Citrix
deployments
Solutions to your network environment problems
Using case studies you will be guided through solutions to real life problems.
In Detail
With the rise of cloud computing and virtualization comes a whole new threat to business security.
When dealing with highly confidential...
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15. |  IT Security Governance Innovations By: Daniel Mellado; Luis Enrique Sánchez; Eduardo Fernández-Medina; Mario Piattini Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 19-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: IT Security Governance Innovations Information technology in the workplace is vital to the management of workflow in the company; therefore, IT security is no longer considered a technical issue but a necessity of an entire corporation. The practice of IT security has rapidly expanded to an aspect of Corporate Governance so that the understanding of the risks and prospects of IT security are being properly managed at an executive level. IT Security Governance Innovations: Theory and Research provides extraordinary research which highlights the main contributions and characteristics of existing approaches, standards, best...
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16. |  By: Robert F. Smallwood; Barclay T. Blair Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 31-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 19-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 |
Practical, step-by-step guidance for corporations, universities and government agencies to protect and secure confidential documents and business records
Managers and public officials are looking for technology and information governance solutions to "information leakage" in an understandable, concise format. Safeguarding Critical E-Documents provides a road map for corporations, governments, financial services firms, hospitals, law firms, universities and other organizations to safeguard their internal electronic documents and private communications.
Provides practical,...
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17. |  Security in Virtual Worlds, 3D Webs, and Immersive Environments By: Alan Rea Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 30-NOV-2010 Insert Date: 15-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Security in Virtual Worlds, 3D Webs, and Immersive Environments Security in Virtual Worlds, 3D Webs, and Immersive Environments: Models for Development, Interaction, and Management brings together the issues that managers, practitioners, and researchers must consider when planning, implementing, working within, and managing these promising virtual technologies for secure processes and initiatives. This publication discusses the uses and potential of these virtual technologies and examines secure policy formation and practices that can be applied specifically to each. Although one finds much discussion and research on the features and functionality of Rich...
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18. |  Predicting Malicious Behavior: Tools and Techniques for Ensuring Global Security By: Gary M. Jackson Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 19-JUN-2012 Insert Date: 13-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Predicting Malicious Behavior: Tools and Techniques for Ensuring Global Security
A groundbreaking exploration of how to identify and fight security threats at every level
This revolutionary book combines real-world security scenarios with actual tools to predict and prevent incidents of terrorism, network hacking, individual criminal behavior, and more. Written by an expert with intelligence officer experience who invented the technology, it explores the keys to understanding the dark side of human nature, various types of security threats (current and potential), and how to construct a methodology to predict and combat malicious behavior. The companion CD...
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19. |  By: Laurent Bloch; Christophe Wolfhugel; Christian Queinnec; Hervé Schauer; Nat Makarévitch Publisher: Eyrolles Publication Date: 27-JUL-2011 Insert Date: 07-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sécurité informatique
Présentation
Que recouvre le terme de sécurité informatique pour l'entreprise ? Existe-t-il des normes et bonnes pratiques universelles ? Comment mettre en oeuvre une politique de sécurité et mettre au point des chartes de conduite pour minimiser le risque humain ?
Une bible pratique et systématique pour le responsable informatique
Écrit par un responsable de la sécurité des systèmes d'information devenu DSI, et par un expert des réseaux et des systèmes, ce livre limpide expose les risques inhérents à tout système informatique - et les moyens de s'en protéger. S'adressant aux...
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20. |  Sécurité de la dématérialisation By: Dimitri Mouton Publisher: Eyrolles Publication Date: 12-JUL-2012 Insert Date: 07-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Sécurité de la dématérialisation
Présentation
Le guide incontournable du concepteur d'applications dématérialisées.
En s'appuyant sur les textes et normes en vigueur et au travers d'exemples concrets, cet ouvrage détaille les mécanismes de sécurité indispensables aux applications web, ainsi que les méthodologies projet destinées à leur mise en oeuvre, tant sous leurs aspects techniques et applicatifs que juridiques et comportementaux. Après avoir rigoureusement défini confiance et sécurité, puis détaillé les mécanismes de cryptographie qui sous-tendent la sécurisation des services, l'auteur décrit les fonctionnalités...
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